UPDATE ON THE 
                          IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
                     INTEGRATED RISK ADJUSTED 
                                  PREPAREDNESS AND 
                       RESPONSE PLAN: COVID-19
                                              MEC MS CWAILE
                                        25 NOVEMBER 2020
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 PURPOSE
     To  brief the Portfolio Committee on the progress 
   relating   
      to implementation of Section 139(1)(b) in the  
      municipalities of North West Province. 
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     BACKROUND AND INTRODUCTION - 03
   A  number  of  stubborn  service  delivery,  financial  management  and 
   governance problems remain consistently at the forefront of government’s 
   developmental challenges. These priority areas include but not limited to 
   the following:
        Service delivery and backlog challenges, e.g. housing, water and sanitation;
        Poor communication and accountability relationships with communities;
        Problems with the political administrative interface;
        Corruption and fraud;
        Poor financial management, e.g. negative audit opinions;
        Number of (violent) service delivery protests;
        Weak civil society formations;
        Intra - and inter-political party issues negatively affecting governance and delivery; 
         and
        Insufficient municipal capacity due to lack of scarce skills.
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    BACKROUND AND INTRODUCTION - 04
   As a result of this state of affairs, the Executive Council of the North West 
     Province  on  its  resolved  to  place  13  local  municipalities  under 
     administration in terms of section 139 (1) (b) and (c) of the Constitution, 
     and Section 137 of the MFMA.
   All  the  interventions  has  come  to  an  end,  and  the  Administrators  has 
     submitted their close-out reports to EXCO.
   The reports will be submitted to Councils.
  The  following  table  indicates  those  municipalities  that  were  under 
     administration. 
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  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: FIRST GROUP OF INTERVENTIONS 
         NAME OF              PERIOD OF 
      MUNICIPALITY         INTERVENTION             STATE OF ADMINISTRATION/INTERVENTION
      FIRST GROUP OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE PLACED UNDER ADMMINISTRATION AS FROM THE 1 SEPTEMBER 2018.
                          1/09/2018-              Administration approved by EXCO ended 1 August 2019: Close-
  1. Ditsobotla LM        31/08/2019              out Report was submitted to the Department. 
                          1/09/2018-              Administration Period was ended on 31 December 2019, the 
  2. Naledi LM                                    NCOP did not approve the intervention in Naledi LM. Close-out 
                          31/08/2019              Report was submitted to the Department.
                          1/09/2018-              Administration  period  approved  by  EXCO  ended  on  the  1 
  3. Maquassi hills LM    31/08/2019              August  2019,  A  closeout  Report  was  submitted  to  the 
                                                  Department.
                                                  Administration started from 1 September 2018 being placed 
                          1/09/2018-              under 137 of the MFMA, on 5 December 2018 EXCO took a 
  4. Mahikeng LM          30/06/2020              decision to escalate the intervention to Section 139 (1) (b) of 
                                                  the constitution. Intervention period ended on  30th June 2020, 
                                                  currently compiling the Close-Out Report
                                                  Administration period approved by EXCO ended month early 
                                                  (30/07/2019),  as  per  the  progress  report  presented  by  the 
  5. Ramotshere Moiloa    1/09/2018-              administrator, the situation had improved to the point that it 
  LM                      30/07/2019              was necessary to relocate the resource to where the need was, 
                                                  and  in  this  case  it  was  Naledi  LM.  A  Close-Out  Report  was 
                                                  submitted to the Department.
                          1/09/2018-              Administration approved by EXCO ended 1 August 2019: Close-
  6. Kgetleng Rivier LM                           out Report was submitted to the Department and presented to 
                          31/08/2019              the Mayoral EXCO.
                                                  Council  Resisted  the  Intervention,  Court  nullified  the 
  7. Kagisano Molopo      1/09/2018-              Intervention- Department is appealing the judgment. 
  LM                      31/08/2019
  8. NMM DM                1/09/2018-              Administration  approved  by  EXCO  ended  1  August 
                           31/08/2019              2019:  Close-out  Report  was  submitted  to  the 
                                                   Department
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